The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-01


stepped back on the car PLATFORM. as
toe allotted time was rp, but
even now they were unwilling to
lat him 20. The last hand he shook
VA, that OF nan who climbed upon
the roof OF the car and hung head
doVnwsrds over the rear. The whole
exciting episode lasted only four or
Ave minutes. There was not, be II
said, q sign OF intentional rudeness
throughout, but Notwithstanding the
good nature ard we'll meant enthusi'
asm Of the people. the expression OF q
hope is wal ranled that better arrange
men,e will be made ahead. .
The President admitted that he had
never bsd quito ouch M experience
before. The only thing no regret ed.
however, VAS that ench mIang,mtn'e
had not bean made as would have
given a greater number the opportuni'
| ~ to meet him. AZ soon se tho train
| lift Altoona the txcursionists were
summoned to diuner. Ga the way mp
the eastern mountain side the train
ran into local storm, aud the rain
| battered upon the windt w merrlly
for Q few minutes, but before the
Horse shoe Was passed tho skies had
c'crred.
AT yosMrows
and at many another point, cheer,
sometimes guns, were heard. Torches,
lanterns end hAmbeaux were waved,
but the people themselves were invis-
ible from the brilliantly lighted In.
terror. AT q point called Grapeville,
about twenty miles east Of Pittsburg,
the train was halted and Its occupants
we're summoned 10 the rear platform.
| A roaring sound "a Of escaping steam
from the pipes Of an impatient ocean
steamer was heard from the hillside
100 rods 10 the left, but nothing vas
visible except the lights In the few
scattered farm houtes Of the nelehbor.
hood.
A aoRasous sCxsE.
Developments were awaited In Of.
lenee. Nov some one on the hillside
lighted q Roman candle and aimed its
discharges toward the point whence
the roirlng'eame, and soon fame ten
feet broad leaptd In tho cir 10 the
hight Of 100 feet, showing the
nearer hillsidee in q wierd
mr. canny fashion add more timely
bringing ont the hosts Of those be-
hind. Again from over the hilltop,
10 the right, leaped another great
fame, ana these hissed and reared to-
gether until the train was out oil
sight. This entertainment was pre-
par cd by General Manager 0'Day, oI
the United Pipe Lines, who described
20 the observers 10 reply 10 their In.
ilrits come Of the features OF the
phenomena, OF which The natural gas
VII liz the most striking manifesto
| tio1.
This evening the President, ln reply
10 an inquiry a. 10 how he was en-
j1ying hrs journey, expressed his
warm approval Of all that had been
d1ne by the Pullman people for hi,
comfort, and declared that his fra
| Days jiurney had b,eu delightful
Throughout. ~ have never been u
this part 81 the country before" h
said; "snd ,hi, mpuriain and vale
sctuery fsr,urming"
II OF the people alosg the Touio who's
warm greetings he was every fev
minutes acknowledging, he said
These psople deserve great deal o.
consideration. They rarely have q
chance 10 zee q President, and when
they do their enthusiasm 10 Of the
most genuine and hearty character"
SIS II not wonderful" querled Mrs.
Cleveland, show, living 10 far from
the buoy centsrv, they learn eIaotly
when the train 10 due. Somehow
they do learn II, for they are all on
hand"
rlrrHnuR0's DENOMINATION.
For hours previou, 10 the time liked
for the arrival OF the Presidential train
IN Pi,tAburg the streets leading 10
Union Station were jAmmsd with poo.
ple anxious 10 gain q glimpse Of the
train bearing tle dittinsuishsd party
10 the West. The tommittetn Of oill.
senF, repretenting al the corporate
bodies OF the city, assembled
in the onile OF superintendent
Pitei 70, OF the wettsrn division OF the
Psnnsy lvaniA TsiltOad, and when Il
was announced that the train was up.
preaching the city, they were sent out
on special for the purpoie OF inter
coping the train, with view OF In
duclng the p esldent 10 extend his
time twenty minutes In the city, In.
stead OF Ave. The ladies OF the Won.
ems Ohrihtisn Temperance Union
we're alec present In the once Of the
supsrintsnd dent, and had with them q
AJrsl Offering for Mrs. Cleveland,
bearing the Inscription: "Iu thee
shall The nAlions Of tue earth DO
blemed."
Ia the meantime the throng surgsd
In and about the Union hstion until
the press IVES almos, unbearable, and
many were compelled 10 ioree their
way 10 the side streets 70 gain q
breathing spell.
II was harmed that while the train
Vas passirg Gispeville q halt u Ave
minutes Was made 10 enable the
party TO zee the nsv natural e@ strike
10 thai region "llsbled up." II was
q sight which they had never before
seen, but 90 they approached the city
the escape pipes from we'll, and the
lets along the line OF the road made the
spectacle almost common place, and
induced the inquiry: why 10 all this
gas going 10 wsste 7" The lrain
reached the union station twenty
| minutes behind schedule time, q stop
having been made At Homewood, In
the city limits, for fully twenty min.
utes 10 witness the illumination Of the
natural gas stand pipes which, from
a height OF nearly 100 fett, tent q
pillar Of hfo fully fifty feet above toe
pipe. While this night wAs being
witnessed q mas Of people numbering
more than 1900 were tanning about
the station, clamoring for admission
10 the platform. when the tran was
approaching the Union station, red
hie was burned Alopg the bluii aklftlng
the tracks leading TO the station, aud
the houses on the 1treet bslow were
Illuminated and decorated With null
pler colored lanternh Thofe was an
enthusiastic welcome On tho train
pulled In, and the ohsers we're 70.
echoed irsm the thousands who we're
unable even 10 get q glimpse OF the
roofa nj the COachoa